AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
201
136
113
85
88
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
80
63
43
22
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
131
93
68
28
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
71
62
46
23
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
44
36
28
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
56
44
32
20
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
43
34
22
13
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
44
39
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
77
71
47
23
Avg FPS
1080p High17970
1080p Ultra15055
1440p Ultra11439
4K Ultra6620
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Time Spy200986047
Solar Bay7836819265
Port Royal108551549
Fire Strike4998416183
Night Raid15806774430
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Background Blur300.7 frames/s122.5 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s68.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec2.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec3.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec0.86 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec273.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps8476.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
G2D Mark1167804
DirectX 11249 fps103 fps
DirectX 1293 fps49 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s5099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps396.1 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps339.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps304.7 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps1502.8 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps1607.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps272.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.21760.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 October, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Turing
Codename Navi 32 TU116
Price 499 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1785 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1408
TMUs 240 88
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units n/a 22
Ray Tracing Cores 60 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 86 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 157 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 263 W 125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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